Illuminable artificial bait and holder therefor



Ma 19, 1953 s. $CHWARTZ ILLUMINABLE- ARTIFICIAL BAIT'AND HOLDER THEREFOR 7 Filed Aug. 1, 1950 In ventar M M .w m m 5 w w e 6 Patented May 19, 1953 12,638,697 imfitiivnmnnamrmernmmrmn {fliejpresent invention relates "to -.ertain new end useful 1 impro ements: in i?ali'tific'ialliiish "bait fiandlhelding means thertforxwhereizr thelatter' is characterized by a?sourceioffilhiminjtioneconstinumerers'an is preferezblyfinthemature of a toting asouroeof attraction aridfg'reatlmnhancirigT the liiririgproperties ofhsaid bait. is a matter of conirnorfknoiilledg that'many and varied" styles forms a. 6i iimiminatle devices have been iised'iin connection 'witwfisnmg tackle. For" the most part when one thiiiksofso- I- Ealle'd hirninoiisartificial/baitin theimechanical 'fild, The naturally v(5f a small flashlight "s'ince' it"is common practice in 1' this line 16f endeavor to employ f tlashlig'hts 73in innumerable Ways. {Sb'me provide .af'. steady? light sonroe: and other- Iu'til'iZe interifiittntil'lieht'fiasheswith spe {cial fciroiiit'inakeafid'lbreaktcontrols. IIt'lis an ohiiect ditheliflst'a'hfi invention totpio' lide af fiash- Mgr-1mm place the latter in al transparentiliqiiid- .prof. casing. and to enclose the two; th fiasfiliht -11t1 rl 1 c6verormeta1 tasing anTopenwo'rk Gage. "Another object of th ifivefitionis" tol eminoy a a simple and practical? cagewhich takesi the form 6f a] coiled? spfiH Jtmd "\Fvhioh" 'lefids itself to "the iiiise'of afline which s needed-the oageand thus 'is' harnessed thereto-in meter to! conveniently support a fislfhobk and a obinpleh'lentalspobn.

"-I n carryingtoiiti'the-invention,talicage ofbomplin'eiital spoon.

"In' carrying out the invention; .a cag tr com- ,paratively simple -construction isiproviddwand this 'islpreferaiily irffthei form of a ciiildi spring '2 wit the" convoliitions made small.- at one erid to provide a'clo'sd distalefidl the opposite orpro'ximalndloiilg open and provided With a liin 'my mounted eatch whiohrpartially-lids over said open end, arena-saw fastened in place and serves to hold the illuminable insert in place.

other objects and advantages winbecomemore readily apparent fromfl'the renewing idescription and the accompanying illustrative drawings.

lnlthe accompanying shet 'ofdrawings :{vherein like Ilfimrakfii ""InpIOYdYtO designate? like 1' parts throiiglioiitth iiv's: p

fFi-g. 1 is a" perspective view. of an illurninabletypaitifieial bait and holder constructed in ac- -cor 'dance with the principles ofethe present in- "W 9 'Figr 2-is a longitudinal view=--with parts Jim section and-elevation showing all "of the specifici'cletailsof constructiomand,

3 -is' =a cross section takenis'on the pl'ane of line-3= 3- of Fig.1 Z IOoKinQ in thediredtion' of the arrows.

Fig. 4 is a perspective view corresponding, gen- &2 I erallydepictd, with Fig?1*?b11t showing a modifledeo'nstruction Icharaeterized prineipali fi an "improved catch construotion.

Theopenwork protector cage is"denotecl by%the they are T sufficiently small to close"in"i the" cage closing means, providecl'by the readily attachable and ;detachable partialflidding "catch M. The l catch is U-shape'd' and formdffrom asingle'piece 43f Wire Which. is". laterally bent betweenfits Grids t to form a siii-talolefdeteht l6"-which"latter releasably engageable with the1'1pper-most-convolii'tion' in the manner shownirr-Fig. 2. The spaced parallel arms I B span theopen top" and. terminate in eyes" 20 which areslidably" hinged to the upper- .v bra miniature type andithe fiashlighifiembodiesa dry cell or. battery? 22 mounted in an" appropriate fjacketifl. The latter ispro'vide'd' with aiidietachable lens "26 of any appropriate construction which houses a fiashlighflbiilb 281havingam ass'efnb'hng arid retaining spring 29. Thfdfffiand flonwp'ush' buttonnis denoted by'nthe: numeraliiim. -The:complete'ifiashlight is placed removalilyiima L transparenti'shll or -casing 3p2 ,li'the latter" having a screw cap? 34 which not onlylpermitsaccess" .to flbe had' tolithefflashlight b1113 also serves. as"the waystand means otktu'rningi the fiashli-ght'ofr arid "on. "ITh'atL is' toesay, by screwing the; cap"down tighttthe biittonltli depressedhirin'ging'thenbat- .terydnto.cohtabt'vht e" bulb agiaiHst'thaaiition of 'the spring and. 'thflightiis" turned foni "71insscrewing the cap turns the light" foif.

'This encased flashlight constituting l the. 'ist'ated ainsert-iis putintolthe cageuby Way of 'theppen end "and" then the catch 14 is 'olosedido'wn to assemble thetwo units; namely-l the insert ,andlt'cage.

Q'Ihe l fishingmline, Wvhioh -.may;'=be 1a iregiilar :vcord iormequivalentaline -or, perhaps 1 a; gutJeader, ist-actually tied in place z and thllsi harnessed on '1 'thewage. ltiisr bestto follow the lineiin the ;man meriishown in ig. l whereimthe line zpropemis-lxien-otediat iw. iiIt iiS tied l'ini'placei'on the: uppermost eonvollition assdenotedat 3afandrtheniextends rthe fullflenethfz of the: cage .asat lfl. "i Itiisrthen halfhitched at 4| to the convolution 42 and is laced upwardly through the convolutions l0 and I: as

shown in Fig. 2. At this point the line is loosely arranged so as to form a sort of a saddle 44. The free end portion of the line is then directed upwardly from the point 46 where it ranges along the exterior of the cage at a point diametrically opposite the portion 48. Now the line is again twisted or half-hitched at 48 to one of the arms of the catch, is passed between the arms at 58 and is again hitched to the mating arm at 52. The terminal end portion of the line, the portion 54, is tied into a knot and connected with the line proper 36 as at 56. It will be seen therefore that the line is harnessed on the cage by lacing it to the cage parts in the manner shown. The loop or saddle 44 may be employed to accommodate a fishing hook 58 and a spoon 60.

Novelty is predicated on the insertable and reof details coming within the field of invention movable flashlight means on the one hand and said means in conjunction with the cage if the cage per se be novel and the manner of lacing and fastening the flexible line to the cage for securely attaching the cage to the line. Also, utilizing the line as a support for the fish'hook and spoon is novel.

Reference is had now to the modification disclosed in Figure 4. In this construction the openwork wire cage is also of coiled construction and denoted by the numeral 62. The bottom convolutions are made smaller to form a closed bottom as indicated at 64. Any suitable means 66 is here provided to suspend the fishhook 6B and the spoon Hi. There is a rigid stay wire 12 provided and this has an eye 14 in its lower end which is connected with the lowermost convolution 64. There is a similar eye 16 at the top which is connected with one of the uppermost full convolutions 18. The uppermost convolution in this arrangement is denoted'at 80 and is identified as a half-convolution. This functions as a keeper for the catch or latch 82. The latch in this construction is of general U-shaped form and the same includes limbs 84 and 88 and a connecting bight portion 88. The limbs at their free ends are pro vided with eyes 90-90 which are both slidably and hingedly connected to the convolution 92. The limb 86 is provided intermediate its ends with a line eye 94 to permit passage of'portion 9B of the fishing line 98 which line is anchored by tying or otherwise at I88.

The catch 82 may be shifted from full line position here shown to the dotted line position.

When it is in the dotted line position it is open and permits free access to be had to the interior of the cage. When it is in the full line closed position it overlies the otherwise open end of the cage and serves to hold the flashlight assembly in the cage. Incidentally, the flashlight assembly here shown is the same as that already shown and described and consequently the same numerals as previously employed are employed in this figure whereby like parts are denoted by like numerals throughout all the views. In this modification the stay 12 stabilizes the convolutions forming the openwork cage. The fishing line is simplified and merely anchored at one point on the lower end portion of the cage and then drawn upwardly alongside of the cage and passed through the eye 94 in the catch 82. The catch 82 is novel in that the bight portion, which constitutes the keeper, is interposed between the half convolution 80 and the full convolution 92 in I order to'retain the latch in closed position. By catching .hold of the bight portion and shoving the entire catch around through a part circular claimed may be resorted to in actual practice, if desired.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In an illuminable artificial bait of the class shown and described, an openwork wire cage adapted to serve as a holder for an insertable and removable illuminable insert and embodying convolutions and substantially closed at one end and completely open at the opposite end, the last named end including a resilient free-ended halfconvolution and an underlying full convolution, said half-convolution and full convolution providing keeper means, and a U-shaped catch having limbs extending across the open end of the cage, said limbs being provided with eyes hingedly and slidably connected with said full convolution, the bight portion of said catch being insertable and removable between the half-convolution and adjacent full convolution.

2. In an illuminable artificial bait of the class described, an openwork wire cage adapted to serve as a holder for an insertable and removable illuminable insert and embodying convolutions and substantially closed at one end and completely open at the opposite end, the last named end including a half-convolution and an underlying full convolution, said half-convolution and full convolution providing keeper means, and a U- shaped catch having limbs extending across the open end of the cage, said limbs being provided with eyes hingedly and slidably connected with said full convolution, the bight portion of said catch being insertable and removable between the half-convolution and adjacent full convolution, and one of the limbs on said catch being provided with a line eye.

3. The structure specified in claim 2, together with arigid stay wire connected at one end with one of the upper convolutions and connectedat its opposite end with one of the lower convolutions.

GEORGE SIMPSON SCHWARTZ.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Ruif Oct. 31,1950 

